Lung Cancer: Stages, Treatments and
Targeted Therapies
David Barbie, M.D.
Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
November 2, 2013
Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality in U.S.
KRAS Mutation
~30%
~50%
~90%
Lung Cancer Stages and Treatments
Lung Cancer Stages and Treatments
Stage 1: Localized
Lung Cancer Stages and Treatments
Stage 1: Localized
Stage 2: Larger (> 5 cm) or spread to local lymph nodes

Surgery, +/-chemotherapy
Lung Cancer Stages and Treatments
Stage 1: Localized
Stage 2: Larger (> 5 cm) or spread to local lymph nodes

Surgery, +/-chemotherapy
Stage 3: Locally advanced

Chemotherapy and radiation, +/- surgery
Lung Cancer Stages and Treatments
Stage 1: Localized
Stage 2: Larger (> 5 cm) or spread to local lymph nodes

Brain

Surgery, +/-chemotherapy
Stage 3: Locally advanced

Chemotherapy and radiation, +/- surgery

Bone
Stage 4: Advanced/metastatic

Chemotherapy +/- palliative radiation
Liver

Adrenals
Oncogenes are the Jammed Accelerators
of Cancer Cells
BCR-ABL -

BCR-ABL +

Shtivelman et al. Nature 1985;315:550
Daley et al. Science 1990;247:824
Buchdunger et al. Cancer Res 1996;56:100
Deininger et al. Blood 1997;90:3691
Druker, BJ. Nat Med 2009;15:1149
Lynch et al. NEJM 2004;350:2129
Paez et al. Science 2004;304:1497
Mok et al. NEJM 2009;361:947
Better than chemotherapy,
but tumors become resistant
after 10-12 months

Mok et al. NEJM 2009;361:947
Genomic complexity of lung cancer

CML

Lung Adenocarcinoma

http://www.path.cam.ac.uk
http://www.utoronto.ca/cancyto
Lung Cancer Then and Now
Many different oncogenes can get jammed

No known
genotype

1984 - 2003

No known
genotype

2004

Erlotinib
X

X

2009

Crizotinib
2012

Courtesy of Stephanie Cardarella, MD, DFCI Thoracic Oncology
Chemotherapy Targets the
Engine, Targeted Therapy the Accelerator

EGFR inhibitor
ALK inhibitor
BRAF inhibitor
Carboplatin +
Alimta or Taxol
DFCI Patient with NSCLC and BRAF
mutation treated with Dabrafenib

August 10, 2012

September 19, 2012

Courtesy of Stephanie Cardarella, MD, DFCI Thoracic Oncology
MSKCC Patient with NSCLC and BRAF
mutation treated with Dabrafenib

February 2012

June 2012

Courtesy of Gregory Riely, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
KRAS is Difficult To Target Directly

KRAS inhibitor – failed clinical trials
Alternatives to Targeting KRAS

1. Block known downstream pathways (between pedal and engine)

Also failing in clinical trials
Alternatives to Targeting KRAS

1. Block known downstream pathways (between pedal and engine)

XX

Also failing in clinical trials

X
X
Alternatives to Targeting KRAS

2. Use genomics to identify currently unknown pathways
needed for survival (that keep car from crashing)

TBK1
CYT387 Impairs Viability of Lung cancer Cells
A549 Lung Cancer Cells
DMSO

CYT387 (5mM)
Activity of CYT387 in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer
Murine KRAS-Driven Lung Cancer
CYT387 100mg/kg/d

H

Baseline

H

Week 16
Kwok Wong
Travis Cohoon
Activity of CYT387 in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer
H
E

pA
ST
T3

A

B

Uee
n ad
t t
r

2m
5
µ

C

2m
5
µ

D

Tor an
a t el e
xe o

2m
5
µ

E

2m
5
µ

F

C an
Yl e
To

2m
5
µ

2m
5
µ
Alternatives to Targeting KRAS

Blocking multiple unique pathways
Alternatives to Targeting KRAS

Blocking multiple unique pathways

X
X

X

X
Activity of CYT387 in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer
KrasLSL-G12D/WT;p53flox/flox model with established tumor burden

*p<0.01
**p<0.0001
CYT387: 100 mg/kg/daily by oral gavage
Selumetinib: 25 mg/kg/twice daily by oral gavage

Kwok Wong
Travis Cohoon
Activity of CYT387 in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer
KrasLSL-G12D/WT;p53flox/flox model with established tumor burden

*p<0.01
**p<0.0001

Treatment well tolerated other than
initial gavage trauma

CYT387: 100 mg/kg/daily by oral gavage
Selumetinib: 25 mg/kg/twice daily by oral gavage

Kwok Wong
Travis Cohoon
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”

PD-L1
PD-L1

PD-L1
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”
T cell
T cell
PD1
PD1
PD-L1

PD-L1

PD-L1
PD1

T cell
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”
T cell

X

T cell

PD1

X

PD1
PD-L1

PD-L1

PD-L1

T cell

X

PD1
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”
T cell

PD-L1 targeted
drugs

T cell

X

PD1

X

PD1
PD-L1

PD-L1

PD-L1

T cell

X

PD1
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”
T cell
T cell
PD1
PD1

PD1

T cell
Immunotherapy – “Immune Checkpoint Blockade”

T cell
T cell
PD1
PD1

PD1

T cell
Summary

• Lung cancer can be treated with a
combination of surgery, radiation, and
chemotherapy depending on the stage
Summary

• Lung cancer can be treated with a
combination of surgery, radiation, and
chemotherapy depending on the stage
• We continue to develop new ways to target
lung cancer more directly, with increasing
success
Summary

• Lung cancer can be treated with a
combination of surgery, radiation, and
chemotherapy depending on the stage
• We continue to develop new ways to target
lung cancer more directly, with increasing
success
• With combinations of these new targeted
therapies the future is very bright

Lung Cancer Stages, Treatments and Targeted Therapies

  • 1.
    Lung Cancer: Stages,Treatments and Targeted Therapies David Barbie, M.D. Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School November 2, 2013
  • 2.
    Lung Cancer Incidenceand Mortality in U.S. KRAS Mutation ~30% ~50% ~90%
  • 3.
    Lung Cancer Stagesand Treatments
  • 4.
    Lung Cancer Stagesand Treatments Stage 1: Localized
  • 5.
    Lung Cancer Stagesand Treatments Stage 1: Localized Stage 2: Larger (> 5 cm) or spread to local lymph nodes Surgery, +/-chemotherapy
  • 6.
    Lung Cancer Stagesand Treatments Stage 1: Localized Stage 2: Larger (> 5 cm) or spread to local lymph nodes Surgery, +/-chemotherapy Stage 3: Locally advanced Chemotherapy and radiation, +/- surgery
  • 7.
    Lung Cancer Stagesand Treatments Stage 1: Localized Stage 2: Larger (> 5 cm) or spread to local lymph nodes Brain Surgery, +/-chemotherapy Stage 3: Locally advanced Chemotherapy and radiation, +/- surgery Bone Stage 4: Advanced/metastatic Chemotherapy +/- palliative radiation Liver Adrenals
  • 8.
    Oncogenes are theJammed Accelerators of Cancer Cells
  • 11.
    BCR-ABL - BCR-ABL + Shtivelmanet al. Nature 1985;315:550 Daley et al. Science 1990;247:824 Buchdunger et al. Cancer Res 1996;56:100 Deininger et al. Blood 1997;90:3691 Druker, BJ. Nat Med 2009;15:1149
  • 12.
    Lynch et al.NEJM 2004;350:2129 Paez et al. Science 2004;304:1497
  • 13.
    Mok et al.NEJM 2009;361:947
  • 14.
    Better than chemotherapy, buttumors become resistant after 10-12 months Mok et al. NEJM 2009;361:947
  • 15.
    Genomic complexity oflung cancer CML Lung Adenocarcinoma http://www.path.cam.ac.uk http://www.utoronto.ca/cancyto
  • 16.
    Lung Cancer Thenand Now Many different oncogenes can get jammed No known genotype 1984 - 2003 No known genotype 2004 Erlotinib X X 2009 Crizotinib 2012 Courtesy of Stephanie Cardarella, MD, DFCI Thoracic Oncology
  • 17.
    Chemotherapy Targets the Engine,Targeted Therapy the Accelerator EGFR inhibitor ALK inhibitor BRAF inhibitor Carboplatin + Alimta or Taxol
  • 18.
    DFCI Patient withNSCLC and BRAF mutation treated with Dabrafenib August 10, 2012 September 19, 2012 Courtesy of Stephanie Cardarella, MD, DFCI Thoracic Oncology
  • 19.
    MSKCC Patient withNSCLC and BRAF mutation treated with Dabrafenib February 2012 June 2012 Courtesy of Gregory Riely, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  • 20.
    KRAS is DifficultTo Target Directly KRAS inhibitor – failed clinical trials
  • 21.
    Alternatives to TargetingKRAS 1. Block known downstream pathways (between pedal and engine) Also failing in clinical trials
  • 22.
    Alternatives to TargetingKRAS 1. Block known downstream pathways (between pedal and engine) XX Also failing in clinical trials X X
  • 23.
    Alternatives to TargetingKRAS 2. Use genomics to identify currently unknown pathways needed for survival (that keep car from crashing) TBK1
  • 24.
    CYT387 Impairs Viabilityof Lung cancer Cells A549 Lung Cancer Cells DMSO CYT387 (5mM)
  • 25.
    Activity of CYT387in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer Murine KRAS-Driven Lung Cancer CYT387 100mg/kg/d H Baseline H Week 16 Kwok Wong Travis Cohoon
  • 26.
    Activity of CYT387in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer H E pA ST T3 A B Uee n ad t t r 2m 5 µ C 2m 5 µ D Tor an a t el e xe o 2m 5 µ E 2m 5 µ F C an Yl e To 2m 5 µ 2m 5 µ
  • 27.
    Alternatives to TargetingKRAS Blocking multiple unique pathways
  • 28.
    Alternatives to TargetingKRAS Blocking multiple unique pathways X X X X
  • 29.
    Activity of CYT387in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer KrasLSL-G12D/WT;p53flox/flox model with established tumor burden *p<0.01 **p<0.0001 CYT387: 100 mg/kg/daily by oral gavage Selumetinib: 25 mg/kg/twice daily by oral gavage Kwok Wong Travis Cohoon
  • 30.
    Activity of CYT387in Kras-driven Murine Lung Cancer KrasLSL-G12D/WT;p53flox/flox model with established tumor burden *p<0.01 **p<0.0001 Treatment well tolerated other than initial gavage trauma CYT387: 100 mg/kg/daily by oral gavage Selumetinib: 25 mg/kg/twice daily by oral gavage Kwok Wong Travis Cohoon
  • 31.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade”
  • 32.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade”
  • 33.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade” PD-L1 PD-L1 PD-L1
  • 34.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade” T cell T cell PD1 PD1 PD-L1 PD-L1 PD-L1 PD1 T cell
  • 35.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade” T cell X T cell PD1 X PD1 PD-L1 PD-L1 PD-L1 T cell X PD1
  • 36.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade” T cell PD-L1 targeted drugs T cell X PD1 X PD1 PD-L1 PD-L1 PD-L1 T cell X PD1
  • 37.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade” T cell T cell PD1 PD1 PD1 T cell
  • 38.
    Immunotherapy – “ImmuneCheckpoint Blockade” T cell T cell PD1 PD1 PD1 T cell
  • 39.
    Summary • Lung cancercan be treated with a combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy depending on the stage
  • 40.
    Summary • Lung cancercan be treated with a combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy depending on the stage • We continue to develop new ways to target lung cancer more directly, with increasing success
  • 41.
    Summary • Lung cancercan be treated with a combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy depending on the stage • We continue to develop new ways to target lung cancer more directly, with increasing success • With combinations of these new targeted therapies the future is very bright